Sermons on Philippians (Page 2)

Philippians 2:14-18 Please turn in your copy of the scriptures to the New Testament book of Philippians. Today, our passage from Philippians is chapter two, verses 14 through 18. In this passage, we end a little section that we’ve been in for a little while. We started it in May, took a little break through June and some of the bumps of the summer, and we picked it up just last week. But in this passage, the apostle Paul writing…

Philippians 2:12-13

Philippians 2:9-11 God’s word now, Philippians chapter two, verses nine through 11. Therefore, and the therefore points back to the other verses speaking of the suffering of Jesus. Therefore, or since Jesus suffered, God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus, every knee should bow in heaven and on earth and under the earth. And every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to…

Philippians 2:5-8 Let us hear God’s word together. This is from Philippians chapter two, verses five through eight. Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God, a thing to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men and being found in human form, he humbled himself. by becoming obedient to the…

Philippians 2:1-4 Let’s hear God’s Word together, Philippians chapter 2, beginning at verse 1. It says, So if or since there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility, count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you…

Philippians 1:27-30 Please turn in your copy of the scriptures to the New Testament book of Philippians. Our reading today is Philippians chapter one, verses 27 through 30. Some of you will remember back to your composition classes in middle school and high school and even college where you had to have a thesis statement. And that thesis statement was the theme of your paper. It was your paper in a nutshell. Well, verses 27 through 30 of chapter 1…

Philippians 1:18-26 Please turn in your copy of the scriptures to the New Testament book of Philippians. Our reading today is Philippians 1, verse 18, the end of it, through verse 26. Remember in our study of Philippians that Paul is writing from a Roman imprisonment. He’s been in, at least by the end of his imprisonment, it will have been about four years since he upset the Jewish court in Jerusalem. He took, along with some of the other…

Philippians 1:15-18 In our study of Philippians, we remember that the apostle Paul is in jail in Rome and he’s writing a letter back to the Philippian church to encourage them in their faith, to encourage them in their walk with the Lord, to encourage them in their ministry and church life together. Someone has come to visit Paul and told them of the situation. And so he writes the letter back to them. And in today’s passage, he’s going…

Philippians 1:12-14 Please turn in your copy of the New Testament to Paul’s letter to the Philippians. Our reading today is from chapter 1, verses 12 through 14. In this passage of scripture today, the Apostle Paul speaks of how his personal suffering for the sake of the Lord Jesus is actually advantageous to the advancement or to the spread of the gospel. That is completely counterintuitive to the way we might think. particularly to the way the world thinks.…

Philippians 1:9-11 Please turn in your copy of the scriptures to the New Testament book of Philippians. Our reading will be Philippians chapter one, verses nine through 11. Now, if you take a few moments, maybe this afternoon or later in your Bible reading time, read verses three through 11, you’ll understand it’s one long sentence. We’ve broken it apart to understand Paul’s thanksgiving and his various prayer requests. And so today are the last couple of requests that he…

Philippians 1:6-8 In our study of Philippians, we recognize that the Apostle Paul has written a letter from a Roman prison to the church at Philippi. He is writing to them after they have sent him a gift of monetary assistance. They’ve also sent one of the brothers in the church there. He hears a report about the goings on in the church at Philippi, some of which he’ll write and speak about to correct some things that are wrong,…

Philippians 1:3-5 In Paul’s letter to the Philippians, he writes from a Roman imprisonment. Remember that when in one of his visits to Jerusalem in his ministry, he incited a riot there in Jerusalem and he was arrested. He was accused of many things and he demanded that he have a hearing in front of the Roman authorities. As a Roman citizen, he demanded his rights. spends some time in the Caesarean jail. He appeals to various people. He makes…